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ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL IN AFRICA

Friday, 23rd of December 2011 Print
  • ONCHO CONTROL IN AFRICA

 

The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control and its partners have made important progress . . . The success of the programme in eliminating the disease and interrupting transmission depends on its innovative approach to delivering treatment through community-directed distributors.’

 

Many endemic countries have used the community distributors’ network as a platform for provision of other services, especially against lymphatic filariasis.

 

http://www.who.int/wer/2011/wer8648.pdf

 

 

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